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From: Kurt@pinboard.com (Kurt Keller)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Q: tape drive recommendation
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 15:39:51 GMT
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On Mon, 03 Mar 1997 12:12:23 -0500, Tom Misiak <tmisiak@bnr.ca> wrote:
> I'm running FreeBSD on a pc with the Adaptec 1542 ISA SCSI
>controller. I currently do not have a tape back up and want to get
>one really soon. What device would work well with BSD as well as
>windows? I am on a pretty tight budget so many of the DAT drives etc
>are out of the question.... I have considered the Iomega Jaz or the Zip
>drives, but really don't know much about 'em. Anyways, any
If you're tight on budget, then you surely should not be considering the Jaz
drive. I have both, Jaz and Zip working in various OS, but it often does not
work 'out of the box' with everything.
For not much more than what the Jaz costs, I bought a Seagate TapeStor 8 GB
tape drive (4 GB native) a week ago. It is more widely and troublefree
supported than Iomega's products and of course, the media is MUCH cheaper than
what Jaz disks cost. For the tighter budget there are also versions with less
than 8 GB.
Kurt
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